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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9s2z2po_8&feature=youtu.be
Madness. Utter madness.
Just the other week I see on here a member uploaded a video of him driving like a twit, round his local housing estate. Then in the next breath, he's going to enter this 'creation' in the MG Metro cup!
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Location: Leeds - A Better City Than Yours. | What's the problem? His hazards were on as his engine was playing up?  |
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Location: leicester | i thought that, its a bit mindless to drive down the hard shoulder  |
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| nah sorry, your not gonna get a bite on that one.
Yes you shouldnt really do it but all drivers are being careful and theres no problem.
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| dann2707 - 15/4/2012 8:08 PM
What's the problem? His hazards were on as his engine was playing up?
TBH i'm suprised no one in the motorway control room clocked this and reported it. |
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Location: Leeds - A Better City Than Yours. | Oh bore the fook off lol. |
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| trouble - 16/4/2012 2:12 AM
dann2707 - 15/4/2012 8:08 PM
What's the problem? His hazards were on as his engine was playing up?
TBH i'm suprised no one in the motorway control room clocked this and reported it.
quick, call sally traffic! |
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Location: Cullompton, Devon | Not so clever filming from the hard shoulder but nevertheless a good video. Should be recreated sometime just to watch the heads turn. |
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| Was it a world record attempt?
Says so in video. |
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Location: Carmarthenshire, Wales | I was wondering this, couldnt you just take up two lanes? |
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Location: Cullompton, Devon | Should be able to as long as you are 'following the highway code' otherwise someone will probably come along to ruin the fun! |
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Location: Bromley, Kent | Really gonna try start something over this... When everyone likes the video and he done us a favour by videoing so we have a memory of such a good day and the great outcome of the amount of metros! |
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Location: Walderslade, Kent | I filmed it from the hard shoulder. My friend was driving with full concentration on the road and his eyes on the mirrors... and I was filming from the passenger seat keeping an eye on the lane in the very distance checking for emergency vehicles..
We're responsible adults and it was our choice, yes, it was wrong, and yes, I know that the emergency lane is for EMERGENCY vehicles, but we used it with due care and full attention... it's my friends license at risk and we passed 3 motorway cameras knowing this, we'll keep an eye on the post. You only live once and this was an event that might only occur once.. Thanks for your concern, though.
Edited by mini-mad-craig 15/4/2012 9:36 PM
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Location: Cullompton, Devon | Well done, really good video tbh  |
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Location: Somerset | Tbh, driving like a bellend risking peoples lives in a housing estate at 80 odd mph is careless.
Driving 15mph on the hard shoulder during a quiet time of the day WITH i might add, the support of 60 odd metro's also travelling at 30 mph. IS NOT CARELESS.
Yes it was a world record attempt and it was a bloody fun day!
Whoever thinks this deserves a complain and/or flaming should set their own bollocks on fire. Good day! |
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drive it like its hired
| Friend of mines dad drives his scammel all over the country on the hard shoulder.
It only does 25mph and is the best place for it.
Never encounters any problems even though the highway code states all vehicles on the motor need to do 50mph iirc |
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Location: Herts/N London | Nice video, it's so good to see that many metros out in force!
Trouble, have a day off mate. |
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| mini-mad-craig - 15/4/2012 9:35 PM
I filmed it from the hard shoulder. My friend was driving with full concentration on the road and his eyes on the mirrors... and I was filming from the passenger seat keeping an eye on the lane in the very distance checking for emergency vehicles..
We're responsible adults and it was our choice, yes, it was wrong, and yes, I know that the emergency lane is for EMERGENCY vehicles, but we used it with due care and full attention... it's my friends license at risk and we passed 3 motorway cameras knowing this, we'll keep an eye on the post. You only live once and this was an event that might only occur once.. Thanks for your concern, though.
No worries, fair enough. |
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Location: Walderslade, Kent | We were just out there to have fun mate... sure it was irresponsible and possibly a stupid thing to do, but we're not mindless tw*ts and respect the road and motorway especially for the dangers that can become apparent at any time... especially being in a Mini! If we saw any genuine danger we wouldn't have done it, but as you can see all of the Metro drivers gave at least a 2 second gap and were all hesitant before driving off the shot of the camera incase we needed to break into the convoy because of anything coming up ahead in the hardshoulder, I can see why it might be considered stupid because it was... but sometimes you gotta do stupid things to have a good time. Try and enjoy the video and the Metro convoy for what it was because it was one hell of an achievement for everybody on the forum, and I'm glad we were given the opportunity to capture it on film for sure.
Edited by mini-mad-craig 16/4/2012 11:58 AM
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Location: Early, Reading. | with a name like trouble, surely that only spells one thing?
i agree with the rest of you
90 mph in a housing estate = twat.
15mph in what is technically a crawling/refuge lane for struggling/broken vehicles anyway, with a 60 metro blockade around it. is not careless. technically not allowed yes. but careless..no
Edited by Roger Red Hat 16/4/2012 9:58 PM
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Location: Swindon, Wiltshire | Roger Red Hat - 16/4/2012 9:57 PM
with a name like trouble, surely that only spells one thing?
i agree with the rest of you
90 mph in a housing estate = twat.
15mph in what is technically a crawling/refuge lane for struggling/broken vehicles anyway, with a 60 metro blockade around it. is not careless. technically not allowed yes. but careless..no
WINNING. |
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Location: Durham - North East UK | mini-mad-craig - 16/4/2012 5:57 PM
Try and enjoy the video and the Metro convoy for what it was because it was one hell of an achievement for everybody on the forum.
That sums it up for me. Well done for a cracking video. |
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Location: BIRMINGHAM | i was in the convoy and it was all done in the safest way it possibly could be done and the video benefits us all
so lets not get on the high horse and start talking rubbish just for the sake of having a bitch fest  |
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Who filmed this from the hard sholder of the motorway?
